yeshuaisdeadly wrote:if anyone finds out anything useful please pass it on. I was co-lighting designer for last year's temple and would really like to help with this year's temple (lighting or whatever)

As human nature and perception have evolved, whether we feel with our
heart, question with our mind, or attempt to explain our reality ...
fire has been at our center. At the center of our structure is the
fire. Encased in thirty-two vertical feet of clear polycarbonate
sheeting, nine gas lamps come alive as a tornado of flame as
participants interact with the Temple. From one flame, all lamps can
be kindled: fire imparts infinitely without loss. From a single,
human desire all branches swirl out and find form upon a tangled bank.

those wacky out wikipedians wrote:Southdale Center, commonly known as just Southdale, is a shopping center in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. When it opened in 1956, it was the nation's first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall and the first to house rival department stores under one roof. As of 2008, much of the original Southdale structure is still in use, as well as later additions to the building.

Whoops. Edina was earlier.those wacky out wikipedians wrote:Southdale Center, commonly known as just Southdale, is a shopping center in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. When it opened in 1956, it was the nation's first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall and the first to house rival department stores under one roof. As of 2008, much of the original Southdale structure is still in use, as well as later additions to the building.

wiki LIED to ME???!!!!

or maybe it's the town of Edina, trying to steal our thunder...

either way, someone's gonna get their ass kicked...we dont take things like being the origin of the "Indoor Mall" lightly.

"The Temple for 2009 is being done out of Texas for the first time ever this year, and there are fundraisers for this monumental project going on Thursday night May 28 in Austin and Friday night May 29 in Houston. The events will feature the Texas premier(s) of The Temple Builder, a lovely doc made by Ireland's Purple Productions (Dust Devils) and Austin's Gone Off Deep Productions (Beyond Black Rock), as well as original art and photography of the Temples over the years from a slew of talented contributors.

David Best, the originator of The Temple projects will be on hand for both, as will Dave Umlas, the fearless leader of Community Art Makers out of Austin, who is spearheading this year's Temple, "Fire of Fires." If you'd like to contribute to the Temple project either in person or virtually, more information can be found at:

PS FISHY, Midtown Mall was the first URBAN indoor mall, Southland was the first SUB-URBAN indoor mall...

we were both right, and wiki didn't lie to us.

and finnegan, i believe they are one and the same, and as this is the year they start demolition of MidTown Mall, it seems appropos to burn a Mock up of it at the Man....

BM is always ahead of the curve, i hope this is the shape of things to come, and i got dibbs on the georgetown mall in DC, i wanna personally burn down the banana republic there, a salesgirl pissed me off one day, and i carry grudges forever.

My name's Ira & I'm part of "Community Art Makers", the Austin, TX crew led by Dave Umlas and Marrilee Ratcliffe. As you can imagine, we're very proud to have been chosen to build this year's Temple. Unfortunately, David Best will not be involved with it this year although we're *very* grateful to him for coming down to Texas to appear at recent fundraisers in Austin and Houston.

Thank you all for your kind words about our design! If you're interested in coming down to Texas to help us build, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact Dave/Marrilee at: temple AT communityartmakers DOT com.